Saturday, June 14, 2014


Before and After the Rise of Humans

It's Saturday morning. I am basking in the fingers of the sun and hear the thump of traversing squirrels as they seek their peanuts on the deck. There is the distant chant of the mockingbird and every now and again another song bird puts in 2 cents, but it seems the mockingbird has the talking stick. I turn around to view the seed and nectar birds that visit our feeders. The sliding door is open and the screen welcomes the fresh air. Now the other song birds chime in, communicating tree to tree.

Draw the curtain, 0820. Hammer pounding a nail, clunk of dumpster lid, freeway traffic thrum increasing in volume as if aided by an invisible hand, and back-up beeps.

These sounds, multiple layers of life, usually the unnoticed background of our busy lives.

Monday, January 13, 2014

I was on my way to work when another female passed me singing, "Purple Rain, Purple Rain..." Really, I was wearing very little purple--3 or 4 items--maybe she just likes Prince.

That night, Scooby-Do betrayed me; he and his gang are now in-league with State Farm. This makes me question everything I thought I knew about my favorite canine, as well as his hippy bestie and preppy entourage.

Monday, February 6, 2012

We went to a Christmas Party at the California Automobile Museum -aka- California Auto Museum -aka - Towe Auto Museum.  You can view the photos on the following link. There are mostly photos of the awesome vehicles they have out--I took almost 100 photos of cars. I didn't have time to get photos of them all, and on top of that, they have even more cars in storage, rotating them to allow for floor space. In this set of photos, there are also a group of electric cars including one of the original GM cars that were discussed in the movie, "Who Killed the Electric Car."  allhttp://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.383247001692067.111564.100000203100167&type=3&l=737b4d72e

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Eastern Hemisphere - Blue Marble 2012

This is gorgeous! This view is a 1-23 composite of photos taking by our NPP Earth monitoring satellite. Breath taking!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

These are awesome shows. Check these out! Follow this link.  Information--with great visuals and interviews from various noted scientists--is packed into every minute of each episode!